[ED: Hardcover], [PU: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR], This first volume takes the story from its beginnings in Ionian philosophy as far as the formation of the Atomic Theory and the first criticisms of it by Plato and Aristotle. The second volume will describe the cosmology of Plato and Aristotle, the attempt by Epicurean opponents to revive Atomism, and later developments of the debate in classical philosophy and science up to the sixth century of our era. Both are accessible to anyone interested in the history of science and philosophy, even if they have no specialised knowledge of Greek philosophy, and no Greek but professional scholars too will find much of importance to them.
Table of contents:
Preface 1. Two pictures of the world 2. The judgement of Socrates 3. The beginning in Miletus 4. Two philosophical critics: Heraclitus and Parmenides 5. Pythagoras, Parmenides, and later cosmology 6. Anaxagoras 7. Empedocles and the invention of elements 8. Later Eleatic critics 9. Leucippus and Democritus 10. The cosmos of the Atomists 11. The anthropology of the Atomists 12. Plato's criticisms of the materialists 13. Aristotle's criticisms of the materialists Bibliography Indexes.
This first volume takes the story from its beginnings in Ionian philosophy as far as the formation of the Atomic Theory and the first criticisms of it by Plato and Aristotle. The second volume will describe the cosmology of Plato and Aristotle, the attempt by Epicurean opponents to revive Atomism, and later developments of the debate in classical philosophy and science up to the sixth century of our era.
This book is for anyone interested in the history of science and philosophy, even if they have no specialised knowledge of Greek philosophy.
228 pages
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[ED: Hardcover], [PU: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR], This first volume takes the story from its beginnings in Ionian philosophy as far as the formation of the Atomic Theory and the first criticisms of it by Plato and Aristotle. The second volume will describe the cosmology of Plato and Aristotle, the attempt by Epicurean opponents to revive Atomism, and later developments of the debate in classical philosophy and science up to the sixth century of our era. Both are accessible to anyone interested in the history of science and philosophy, even if they have no specialised knowledge of Greek philosophy, and no Greek but professional scholars too will find much of importance to them.
Table of contents:
Preface 1. Two pictures of the world 2. The judgement of Socrates 3. The beginning in Miletus 4. Two philosophical critics: Heraclitus and Parmenides 5. Pythagoras, Parmenides, and later cosmology 6. Anaxagoras 7. Empedocles and the invention of elements 8. Later Eleatic critics 9. Leucippus and Democritus 10. The cosmos of the Atomists 11. The anthropology of the Atomists 12. Plato's criticisms of the materialists 13. Aristotle's criticisms of the materialists Bibliography Indexes.
This first volume takes the story from its beginnings in Ionian philosophy as far as the formation of the Atomic Theory and the first criticisms of it by Plato and Aristotle. The second volume will describe the cosmology of Plato and Aristotle, the attempt by Epicurean opponents to revive Atomism, and later developments of the debate in classical philosophy and science up to the sixth century of our era.
This book is for anyone interested in the history of science and philosophy, even if they have no specialised knowledge of Greek philosophy.
228 pages
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Furley's study presents a clear picture of the opposing views of the natural world and its contents as seen by philosophers and scientists in classical antiquity. On one side were the materialists whose world was mechanistic, evolutionary, and unbounded, lacking the focus of a natural center. The other side included teleologists, whose world was purposive, non-evolutionary, finite, and centrifocal. This volume takes the reader up to the criticisms of Plato and Aristotle. The second volume will examine Plato and Aristotle's own cosmology and follow the debate to the sixth century. Professor Furley has produced a history of the early views of the physical world whose scope makes this book of major importance. used books,books Books, Cambridge University Press